Shirley Jones

'Partridge' star inspired by elder George Bush

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Mrs. Partridge is going sky-diving. Oscar-winning actress and singer Shirley Jones says she'll take her very first skydive on Monday—her 80th birthday. "That's something I wanted to do all my life," Jones says. The inspiration comes from former President George H.W. Bush's jumps...
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Shirley Jones shows sexual side in new autobiography

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She played the Partridge Family's Mrs. Partridge, the Music Man's Marian the librarian, Oklahoma!'s farm girl Laurey ... but a decidedly raunchier side of Shirley Jones is revealed in her new self-titled autobiography, out today. The 79-year-old, who co-wrote the memoir, spends quite a bit of time...
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Husband thinks Shirley Jones nude shoot would be 'sensational'

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Shirley Jones may have perfected the wholesome mom type on The Partridge Family, but her next gig might be a bit naughtier. The 75-year-old is considering posing nude for Playboy, her husband/manager tells the New York Post. “She’s still drop-dead gorgeous,” he opined. “I think it...
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